Re: Tatari Faran: volition, verb complements, phonology update, and more

----- Original Message -----
From: H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Tatari Faran: volition, verb complements, phonology update, and
more


> On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 05:14:01AM +0200, Rodlox wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
> [...]
> Fara. Or maybe "smell" is good enough for both purposes; they don't
> have a pressing need to distinguish between them anyway.
 okay; just wondering.

> [...]
> > > [Sidenote: I don't know whether to translate _simani_ as 'dog' or
> > > 'wolf', as the inhabitants of Fara keep them as pets. They are
> > > ferocious enough to be called wolves in the common sense, but they are
> > > also domesticated somewhat.]
> >
> >  oh...like dingos.  :)
>
> Perhaps. :-) But these wolves are quite a bit larger than dingos, and
> a lot more ferocious (hence their use as guards).
 well...something that exists on the borderline between feral / domestic /
wild.

 okay, that would probably be more of a point than a line...but...  :)